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Outstanding Congressman Award 2016
Hon. Salvador B. Belaro, Jr.
Representative
1-ANG EDUKASYON Party List
Committee viCe CHairperSon
Bicol Recovery And Economic Development
Committee memBerSHipS
• Banks and Financial Intermediaries • Human Rights • Small Business & Entrepreneurship Development
• East Asean Growth Area • Justice • Social Services
• Foreign Affairs • Revision Of Laws • Economic Affairs
• Higher and Technical Education • Rules
Despite being a neophyte Congressman, there are at least three as high school, he was already recognized by the government
reasons why Congressman Salvador B. Belaro Jr. of 1-Ang as one of the 1985 National Outstanding Youth Researcher
Edukasyon (Una Ang Edukasyon) Party-List deserves the and as one of CMLI’s Outstanding Student Awardee. He
Outstanding Congressman Award. First is his sterling academic went to the University of the Philippines as a State Scholar
credentials. Second is his pre-Congress professional and private where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
sector accomplishments. Third is his legislative output for his (Cum Laude) and thereafter, his Bachelor of Laws degree. At
past few months in the office. the UP College of Law where he was a working student, he
was elected Class President of his Class and was an Editorial
The son of a farmer and a public school teacher, Rep. Belaro Board Member of the Philippine Collegian. He also holds
is a living testament to his party-list’s motto that “Ang tunay a Master of Laws (LLM) degree from Cornell University
na pag-asa ay nasa edukasyon”. After all, he walks his talk (New York, U.S.A.) where two of his papers were chosen
as his life exemplifies how a provincial boy like him used his for international publication. At Cornell, he was also elected
education not only for his personal upliftment but also for the Class Representative of the LLM Class of 2004, and was an
good of the country. A Valedictorian from Catagbacan, goa, active member of the New York Student Bar Association and
Camarines Sur, he exhibited national brilliance when as early the Cornell Asian Association.
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